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UNITED STATES TENT OFFICE.

. 5;, Specification of Letters Patgxit.

ile it known that lhxreu "lll'liliS, il citizen ol the lntt-d Statesl resi'c'l'rng-at West` Marion, in tile county ot Marion and State of South (hrolina. have invented eeriain new and useful Imj'n'oremei'lts in (lasketifutters, ot whit-h the following,lr is a speciiiration.

This invention 'relates to rattling and punching :liet-ts and hars. and more espeeialt; to lettere el' this iqiud havlnga sweep; uml tiru ottieni .l the :ame is to produce :l mijn `eelt-ll ma) la rotated by the ordinary htlael or hit stoeh amt whieh will ent a gas het el' nadie; from nur material sullirieutly thii tf` he handled iny the entier.

'lhe intention eousists in the speeitie means for af'ljustingthe eutler arms and other details which will he brought out in the followinga speeifieation and claims.

Referringy to the drawings, l

Figure .l is a side elevation of this tool partly broken awa)f and iu `section.

Fig. is t vertical section on the line of Flgi l. i

The hotly 1 is au uprighty elementI Areduced at its upper end into a shank 2 for insertion iuto the lower end of a hit` stock or brace sueh as ordinarily employed for boring holes. and this body has through it a large oliening in which mounted two arms or hars 3 and l, superposed upon each other within said hole 5 in which t reir inner ends lap, as shown in Fig. 1. In the outer end of each arm is an upright openin Il into which is inserted the shank T of a lllrk can rying the cutter, the latter hhing herein shown as a 'wheel 8 rotatably.r mounted in the lower end of the holder, while its Thank is held in the opening G by means o a set screw 10.

The center on which this device revolves is made u i ot' a point 11 whrose upper end is enlarged into a head l2 and continued upwardly in a screw threaded shank 1,3 which engages a` threaded opening in the lower end of the. body l., and passes through the. same into the transverse. opening 5 and binds the t/wo arms 8 and l therein. The parts are assembled shown. Before the set screw 13 is adjusted upward to hold the arms. they are adjusted to the required or desired distances, so that one cutter Wheel S will cut the inside of the Washer and the other the outlside ot' the saine in a manner well understood. The head 12 is then grasped by the turned.' hntili the serein-Till?binds the ltwo" armsy ilahd 4 in lplaee". maintaining thelexnetf position of the point; 1l as seen. rThe tool is now inserted into the lower end ot' a bit. stoek, the ioiut eeutered in the material. and when tlhe whole is rotated. tinl washer is readily eut from sheet material` in a manner whieh will be elear. lt several thieknesses are to be eut at one time, the point ll oln'iously mustl extend for `some distance he lon the utters` so as to pierre the several thicknesses4 ot' umlel'ial before the Cutters m't on the uppermost, Since the screw l may not he retralted to drop the point` because that would loosen its grip ou the armal i aud 4. the set selews lll eau be loosened and the shauks T ot' the cutter holders run up in the outer ends of the arms, and thus eti'eet the same relative adjustments of parts.

I `hare tound this device espeeiallv useful in entting washers from hard fiber paper or other extremely `sott material. because it saves a nastage of paper aml the destruction ot' the articles eut` in the aet ot euttiug;r them. llowerer. it may heequall)V as serviceable l'or eutting washers from sheet rubber` leather. aud even metal or other materials` :ind iu its use l do not wish to he limited.

The foregoing;r description and the draw ings have reterenee to. what ma)v be eousidered the preferred, o approved form of my invention. 1t is t0 be understood that I may make. such changes in construction aml arrau,grementy and combination ot' parts. materials dimensions, et Cetera. as may prove expedienty and t'all within the seope ot' the appended claims.

Haring thus fully described Any invent ion. what I claim as new and desi'tl to seeure by Letters Patent isz- 1.111 a gasket: cutter, the combination with an upright body havimT a transverse opening. a pair of arms lapping eaeh other therein and having upright openings in their outer ends, forks whose Shanks are mounted in said openings, set screws in the arms against. said Shanks for permitting their vert'i :al adjustment, and rotary cutters mounted in the forks; of a centeringr point having a head at its upper emhand a threaded shank continuing` the head upward and adapl ed to he screwed into the\lower end of said body against` the lowermost of said lappingr arms` for the purpose set forth.

53. l'n a gasket cutter, the combination with ifa l en t ed Jltllv'llaigl 9- l un upright body having moans at its upper vnd fmrnlnting the sanno, such body being ln'm'idvnl with u tl'zlnsvurso nponing, und u :wt screw in the lower 0nd of Suid body pro- 5 jm'ting upward into thvl opening; of n pair of :mns of dif'urunt lungths lapping euch utlmr in super used relation wlthin said opening and he d therein by tho adjustment uf said srty screw, nach arm inn-ing am up- 10 right upenng nt its outer und, und for euch arm u cutter comprising u fork whose shank prujuvts upward into uno, of Suid openings und whose lowrr und carries the cuttvr, ami n srt screw bcnl'ing against said Shank.

1n tustinmny wiwi-cnf 1 ufiix my signature 15 in prcsencc of two witnesses.

BAXTER C. WVILSON.

Witnesses B. J. BROWN, E. R. BROWN. 

